Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Terry, Robert
Record ID:
2007.1.157
Interviewer:
Smith, Eugene
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Racial relations, segregation, jobs that brought African Americans to the Grande Ronde Valley, teaching, Eastern Oregon College Alumni, athletics, Lafayette "Lucky" Trice, and old time gambling and prostitution.
Audio:
People:
Addy, Martha
Asiree, Carl
Badgley, Ralph
Bradford, Jim
Buritas, Ed
Carlson, Warren
Carther, Max
Cooper, Flauncy
Dodds, Mr.
Fields, Ernie
Fitzgerald, Pat
Fleming, Sam
Harding, Warren G.
Hayward, Eddie
Henderson, Fletcher
Kline, Jim
Lunceford, Jimmie
Metropolis, Angel
Patkins, Rowdell
Stewart, Jenny
Stewart, John
Terry, Bob
Terry, Ella
Terry, Robert
Trice, Dorothy
Trice, Lafayette
Trice, Lucky
Turn, Max
Wadda, Alice
Walk, Lila
Walk, Ronald
Ware, Eva
Warrior, Craig
Warrior, Fred
Westenskows
Wilfong, Phil
Willpong, Phil
Zibbick, Tom
Subjects:
African Americans
Alumni
Basketball
Bias (Psychology)
Camps
Chickens
Coaches
Football
Gambling
Gardens
Grandmothers
Hotels
Jazz
Laundry
Libraries
Logging
Maids
Minorities
Prostitution
Racism
Reunions
Schoolchildren
Schools
Schools
Segregation
Teachers
Teaching
Teams
Timber
Track
Trains
U.S. Navy
Search Terms:
8th grade
Ackerman School
American Legion
Baker, OR
Bowman—Hicks Lumber Co.
Central School
Chinatown
Claire's Hotel
Coal
Cross burning
Eastern Oregon College
EOC
Esteemed alumnus
Foley Hotel
Greenwood School
Hobos
Idaho
John's Kitchen
Ku Klux Klan
La Grande City Council
La Grande Hotel
La Grande, OR
Long Bell Lumber Co.
Marked cards
Maxville, OR
Mormons
Observer
Pearl Harbor
Pullman porter
Sacajawea Hotel
Scrap iron
Seattle, WA
Section gang
Special Ed
Student government
Table Mt.
The Covered Wagon
Union Pacific Railroad
Welding
Zuber Hall
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